Big Pine Key Culvert Project Increases Canal and Nearshore Water Health

 BIG PINE KEY, FL – Monroe County Commissioner Michelle Lincoln and her aide Jen Garcia visited the culvert installation site on Big Pine Key connecting canals 259 and 263 in the Doctor’s Arm neighborhood on Wednesday. The culvert has already improved water quality by increasing the flushing in the canals allowing a more natural flow of water to the nearshore waters immediately outside the canal mouths. Fish and other wildlife were seen at the ​site of the once dead-end canals that are now connected underneath the road. The installation was funded in whole by grant money.